CVE-2008-0174 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

GE Fanuc Proficy Real-Time Information Portal 2.6 and earlier uses HTTP Basic Authentication, which transmits usernames and passwords in base64-encoded cleartext and allows remote attackers to steal the passwords and gain privileges.

Published: 2008-01-29

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 2.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ge:proficy_real-time_information_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02667.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3590
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019273
http://support.gefanuc.com/support/index?page=kbchannel&id=KB12459
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/180876
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487075/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487244/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30754

History

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Subscriptions

Ge Proficy Real-time Information Portal

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2008-01-29T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:39:34.102Z

Reserved: 2008-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0174

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-01-29T02:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-0174

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-312

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